Author
Topic: EOS 70D & EOS 7D Mark II (Read 44032 times)

Canon have lived on a long time on their name and early cmos sensor tech since 2004, sorry but this tech is old 2013 which can been seen if you compare to Nikon, Pentax, Sony = DXO scores etc why are not Canon in the DXO list over best sensors at all ?Do you have any nuanced view at all whats going on ?This is the real difference between 18 and 24Mp APS as one example

and a 15mpix sensor that destroys your beloved nikon/sony/put a brand name,they are all based on same technology...go out and buy an sd1 if the sensor is your only concern

the nikon d7100....a joke of a camera with a ridicolous buffer; even my 50D has a buffer enough big to store more than double the images the d7100 is capable of...lol

canon rumors FORUM

M.ST

A “surprise” announcement will be a Canon APS-C camera with the new outstanding image improvement technology announced a few month before, a non 18 megapixel sensor, a non 9 AF point system, a hitrate in AI servo mode like the GH3 (7D around 40 %, GH3 around 86 % hitrate) hitrate and a video quality like the GH3.

Two differenz 7D Mark II´s are out for testing. But I don´t think Canon put the camera on the market until some problems are fixed. It´s a shame that Canon fixed a lot of errors of the 5D Mark III (reported before the announcement) after more than one year.

Don´t wait for new stuff. You can´t shoot pictures with future products.

@M.ST Nice collection in your footnote. You already have the Nikon D4X? How do you choose which cam to take out? I'm still confused with my 4 or 5 Cams... I'll sell most of them soon, I'm sick of the headache of choosing everytime I want to shoot some photos

Sales drive revenue. Revenue drives profit. Profit is a major driver of share price and shareholder value. Share price and shareholder value determine whether a public company thrives, survives, or fails.

Betamax was better quality than VHS. VHS sold better. Betamax failed and was abandoned.

On a more DSLR related note, Olympus came out with 4/3 format. It was going to be a worldwide standard. Many things about thier cameras were ahead of what the Canon and Nikon crop bodies offered at the time. They had beter user interface, beter weatherproofing, arguably better sensor performance, and faster autofocusing..... and where is it now? ( 4/3... not micro 4/3 ). Sales sucked, product not stocked by retail stores, death spiral, gone.

And if that market was a dead end that was dying then why would Canon have released the EOS-M?

4/3 dSLR, not m4/3 MILC, is what was stated. The most recent 4/3 camera is the Olympus E-5, a 'pro' body almost 3 years old that no one expects will be replaced. It's #3,139 in Amazon's sales ranking. The 'consumer' line of 4/3 cameras (E-xxx) stopped with the E-600 in 2009. Panasonic and Leica tried the format, dropped it over 6 years ago.

So, who's not paying attention? You, dilbert. But at least you've figured out we're talking about cameras, not lenses, this time. Bravo.

Because historically Nikon never trailed Canon did they? They never had to catch up with anybody else?

I'm so tired of all this 'Canon are entering the graveyard spiral' stuff. What you actually mean is 'it will be too little too late - FOR YOU'. Not everybody. Canon may fail, or they may not. But neither you or I can make those kind of statements with any certainty.

Sales drive revenue. Revenue drives profit. Profit is a major driver of share price and shareholder value. Share price and shareholder value determine whether a public company thrives, survives, or fails.

Betamax was better quality than VHS. VHS sold better. Betamax failed and was abandoned.

On a more DSLR related note, Olympus came out with 4/3 format. It was going to be a worldwide standard. Many things about thier cameras were ahead of what the Canon and Nikon crop bodies offered at the time. They had beter user interface, beter weatherproofing, arguably better sensor performance, and faster autofocusing..... and where is it now? ( 4/3... not micro 4/3 ). Sales sucked, product not stocked by retail stores, death spiral, gone.

And if that market was a dead end that was dying then why would Canon have released the EOS-M?

4/3 dSLR, not m4/3 MILC, is what was stated. The most recent 4/3 camera is the Olympus E-5, a 'pro' body almost 3 years old that no one expects will be replaced. It's #3,139 in Amazon's sales ranking. The 'consumer' line of 4/3 cameras (E-xxx) stopped with the E-600 in 2009. Panasonic and Leica tried the format, dropped it over 6 years ago.

So, who's not paying attention? You, dilbert. But at least you've figured out we're talking about cameras, not lenses, this time. Bravo.

Sales drive revenue. Revenue drives profit. Profit is a major driver of share price and shareholder value. Share price and shareholder value determine whether a public company thrives, survives, or fails.

Betamax was better quality than VHS. VHS sold better. Betamax failed and was abandoned.

On a more DSLR related note, Olympus came out with 4/3 format. It was going to be a worldwide standard. Many things about thier cameras were ahead of what the Canon and Nikon crop bodies offered at the time. They had beter user interface, beter weatherproofing, arguably better sensor performance, and faster autofocusing..... and where is it now? ( 4/3... not micro 4/3 ). Sales sucked, product not stocked by retail stores, death spiral, gone.

Well, the Olympus E5 got a DxOMark Overall Score of only 56. That must be why it didn't sell.

Personally, I've never paid a lot of attention to Dx0Mark scores. A lot of people fixate on sensors, but it seems far more important to deal with more important stuff first. I tend to shoot in good lighting conditions so I don't have a fanatical worry about ISO scores.

To me, the most important aspect of a camera system is the AF system. An in focus picture beats an out of focus picture. I don't care how much dynamic range or megapixels are involved.... Focus is of paramount importance.

My second criteria to look at is the glass. It does not matter if you are shooting anything from a rebel to a 1Dx, the resolution of the glass has to exceed the resolution of the body if you are going to push things to the limit. With the higher pixel density, this is far more important on crop bodies than FF bodies, but when a high megapixel FF body comes out, make sure you have top notch glass of you will get soft pictures. Stick a 100L Macro on a Rebel and it will take pictures so sharp it will amaze you.... put a $200 kit zoom on a rebel and you get mush.

My third criteria is good user interface.... gotta be able to control things on the fly and in a panic.... stepping through menus does not cut it.

New sensor? Yes it's important to me, but it is far from being everything to me. I use camera systems, not components in isolation. It is very important to me that whatever system I am using comes from a stable and profitable company. If they are loosing money, they run the risk of going away, and that leaves me with a shelf of orphan glass.

+1

A short-note!As always, the greatest image quality will quickly be negated by focusing errors. AF accuracy is extremely important for the the combination of DSLR and the lens in use - especially AI Servo AF accuracy. And not to forget especially with a shallow DOF (Depth of Field), even small focusing errors will ruin the shot.Also - if you need to use a Extender with your lens - Canon has stated this: " "These new extenders (version III) have been designed to provide faster autofocusing and improved autofocus precision with compatible EF lenses" and "Each extender also features a newly developed microcomputer that increases AF precision when the extenders are used with a IS Series II EF super-telephoto lens." [Canon USA]So then - we should bear in mind that the Canon USA press release does not specifically say that the series III extenders would deliver better image quality (though features were added that could) - but that they would deliver better AF performance.- Although the AF improvement will not result in better than the optical capability of the lens-plus-extender combination, better AF performance does indeed deliver better image quality overall and that is crucial!Happy shootings to you all!C

Logged

Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun!

Sales drive revenue. Revenue drives profit. Profit is a major driver of share price and shareholder value. Share price and shareholder value determine whether a public company thrives, survives, or fails.

Betamax was better quality than VHS. VHS sold better. Betamax failed and was abandoned.

On a more DSLR related note, Olympus came out with 4/3 format. It was going to be a worldwide standard. Many things about thier cameras were ahead of what the Canon and Nikon crop bodies offered at the time. They had beter user interface, beter weatherproofing, arguably better sensor performance, and faster autofocusing..... and where is it now? ( 4/3... not micro 4/3 ). Sales sucked, product not stocked by retail stores, death spiral, gone.

And if that market was a dead end that was dying then why would Canon have released the EOS-M?

4/3 dSLR, not m4/3 MILC, is what was stated. The most recent 4/3 camera is the Olympus E-5, a 'pro' body almost 3 years old that no one expects will be replaced. It's #3,139 in Amazon's sales ranking. The 'consumer' line of 4/3 cameras (E-xxx) stopped with the E-600 in 2009. Panasonic and Leica tried the format, dropped it over 6 years ago.

So, who's not paying attention? You, dilbert. But at least you've figured out we're talking about cameras, not lenses, this time. Bravo.

We are talking 4/3, a DSLR crop body, and the market is most certainly not dead. Olympus failed to capture sales despite technical excellence..... So they let the line die. This is why many of us say that sales matter. Who cares how good the camera is if it isn't made. Just like Betamax, no sales became no more new 4/3 cameras. One might argue that sales are the most important aspect of a camera.

We’re told a “surprise” announcement will be made by Canon in July, what that is we’re unsure. However, the source alluded to it being a camera body. I wouldn’t call the EOS 70D a “surprise”, but we’ll see. Could it be…….. something else?

Lets see...* Canon announces RAW video in official firmware* Canon announces 4k video in official firmware for 1DX/5DIII with some special add on device* Canon announces a m4/3 camera plus lenses* Canon announces a new EOS-M series camera that is radically different* Canon announces a DSLR wither either hybrid or pure EVF* Canon announces a DSLR that is modeled on the Ricoh GX-R with a plugable sensor/CPU module* Canon announces a 70D with the autofocus from the 5DIII* Canon announces a new APS-H DSLR (not likely)

... other ideas?

I like your fifth idea! How about both the 7D and 70D both being mirrorless cameras with shortened flange distances and Canon introducing a 1-1/3 stop Speed Booster-like adapter? The FF cameras could keep the standard flange distance and mirrors for photographic Neanderthals. The M-mount might have been introduced, half-heartedly, solely to allow a reduction in camera size.

We’re told a “surprise” announcement will be made by Canon in July, what that is we’re unsure. However, the source alluded to it being a camera body. I wouldn’t call the EOS 70D a “surprise”, but we’ll see. Could it be…….. something else?

Lets see...* Canon announces RAW video in official firmware* Canon announces 4k video in official firmware for 1DX/5DIII with some special add on device* Canon announces a m4/3 camera plus lenses* Canon announces a new EOS-M series camera that is radically different* Canon announces a DSLR wither either hybrid or pure EVF* Canon announces a DSLR that is modeled on the Ricoh GX-R with a plugable sensor/CPU module* Canon announces a 70D with the autofocus from the 5DIII* Canon announces a new APS-H DSLR (not likely)

... other ideas?

Canon introduces the 5D3FUML which is exactly the same as the 5D3 only it ships with firmware locking out firmware hacking . That just might well start a revolution.

We’re told a “surprise” announcement will be made by Canon in July, what that is we’re unsure. However, the source alluded to it being a camera body. I wouldn’t call the EOS 70D a “surprise”, but we’ll see. Could it be…….. something else?

Lets see...* Canon announces RAW video in official firmware* Canon announces 4k video in official firmware for 1DX/5DIII with some special add on device* Canon announces a m4/3 camera plus lenses* Canon announces a new EOS-M series camera that is radically different* Canon announces a DSLR wither either hybrid or pure EVF* Canon announces a DSLR that is modeled on the Ricoh GX-R with a plugable sensor/CPU module* Canon announces a 70D with the autofocus from the 5DIII* Canon announces a new APS-H DSLR (not likely)

... other ideas?

I like your fifth idea! How about both the 7D and 70D both being mirrorless cameras with shortened flange distances and Canon introducing a 1-1/3 stop Speed Booster-like adapter? The FF cameras could keep the standard flange distance and mirrors for photographic Neanderthals. The M-mount might have been introduced, half-heartedly, solely to allow a reduction in camera size.

Canon had a chart with a very high tier mirror less camera slot left open maybe it is some sort of mirrorless 1 series sort of beast.

Because historically Nikon never trailed Canon did they? They never had to catch up with anybody else?

Both Canon and Nikon seem to be in No Hurry to introduce Pro Level APS-C/DX cameras. There are rumors that the 7D2 will be available in 2014, but the are no rumors about the Nikon D400 ever being announced, zilch, nada, nothing. Until Canon pre-announces the 7D2 it's just vaporware.

So that leaves APS-C/DX shooters looking at something that isn't Canon or Nikon.

Both Canon and Nikon seem to be in No Hurry to introduce Pro Level APS-C/DX cameras. There are rumors that the 7D2 will be available in 2014, but the are no rumors about the Nikon D400 ever being announced, zilch, nada, nothing. Until Canon pre-announces the 7D2 it's just vaporware.

So that leaves APS-C/DX shooters looking at something that isn't Canon or Nikon.

With the p/s you can expect several models in various colors to be announced each year, but as you move up the spectrum the updates get less and less frequent. Once you get into DSLR's, the vast bulk of Canon Sales are rebels and as you move upwards in price the numbers sold drop off. Let's say it takes 100,000 rebels sold to make a camera profitable.... they might hit that in a month. They make more profit per body on a 7D, let's say it only takes 50,000 sold to make a profit..... it could take half a year.. It probably takes a couple years on a 1Dx...

The point is, it takes a lot more time to show a profit on higher end bodies, and without significant improvements over the previous model, sales will be slow. Canon is in business to make money and without a significant improvement there is no sense in them releasing newer versions. High end releases show a lot more improvement over the previous model than a mode dial that goes all the way around....

I like your fifth idea! How about both the 7D and 70D both being mirrorless cameras with shortened flange distances and Canon introducing a 1-1/3 stop Speed Booster-like adapter? The FF cameras could keep the standard flange distance and mirrors for photographic Neanderthals. The M-mount might have been introduced, half-heartedly, solely to allow a reduction in camera size.

Please, no. With my "Neanderthal" EF-S camera, I can shoot pictures in a theater and not annoy everyone with my bright screen. I can look away from my optical viewfinder and enjoy the show without a burned-in square where the screen killed my dark adaptation.

I mean, I could maybe see it as a second body (sharing EF and EF-S lenses with my main camera), just for size reasons, but then I'd have to carry around two cameras just in case I wanted something lighter around my neck, which sort of defeats the purpose of buying something lighter to begin with.

Besides, if I cared about camera size, I'd be shooting with a point-and-shoot (or, for that matter, my iPhone). Whether you go EF-S or EF-M, the vast majority of the weight is the glass, and comparable lenses require very nearly the same amount of glass whether they're designed for EF-S or EF-M—the EF-M 18-55 lens is actually slightly heavier than the equivalent EF-S lens—so I just don't see any real benefit of EF-M, much less a benefit so significant that it would make up for the loss of an OVF.

Both Canon and Nikon seem to be in No Hurry to introduce Pro Level APS-C/DX cameras. There are rumors that the 7D2 will be available in 2014, but the are no rumors about the Nikon D400 ever being announced, zilch, nada, nothing. Until Canon pre-announces the 7D2 it's just vaporware.

So that leaves APS-C/DX shooters looking at something that isn't Canon or Nikon.

With the p/s you can expect several models in various colors to be announced each year, but as you move up the spectrum the updates get less and less frequent. Once you get into DSLR's, the vast bulk of Canon Sales are rebels and as you move upwards in price the numbers sold drop off. Let's say it takes 100,000 rebels sold to make a camera profitable.... they might hit that in a month. They make more profit per body on a 7D, let's say it only takes 50,000 sold to make a profit..... it could take half a year.. It probably takes a couple years on a 1Dx...

The point is, it takes a lot more time to show a profit on higher end bodies, and without significant improvements over the previous model, sales will be slow. Canon is in business to make money and without a significant improvement there is no sense in them releasing newer versions. High end releases show a lot more improvement over the previous model than a mode dial that goes all the way around....

The Canon 7D, launched in 2009, is the first of the line so there is no historical data available.

This is not true with Nikon. The D200 came out in 2005, the D300 in 2007 and the D300s in 2009. Now it's 2013 and NO D400 is even rumored.

So it seems safe to say that both Canon and Nikon are'nt in any hurry to release either the 7D2 or D400. Maybe they think the upgrade path should lead to FullFrame For me, the upgrade path may lead to Fuji E-X1 or Panasonic GH3. YMMV.